The Pastor who preaches two or three times a week will spend around 30 hours in sermon prep for those messages. If that same pastor is bi-vocational, add to that his 40 hour work week and 6 (+\-) hours of church services and outside of any phone calls or visits that Pastor is at 76 hours minimum a week. SEVENTY-SIX HOURS . . . MINIMUM . . . EVERY WEEK . . . WITHOUT FAIL!
He is giving everything he has to everyone else, and his family is missing out on a lot of things and giving their time up with husband and father.
So tonight pray for your Pastor and his family, and remember, he has very little time to himself or with them.
I’m praying for every pastor I know tonight! I love you and I know exactly what you are going through!
Great will be our reward in heaven if we faint not! Keep going and keep preaching the world needs you!